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This week in Tudor News: April 20 Edition

The news cycle is fast, and it’s hard to keep up with our favorite interests and topics! That’s why once a week I make up this post with the top stories that have caught my attention. Mary Tudor – Queen of England | Biography Jacqui Rossi talks about the tumultuous…

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Supplemental Episode: Claire Ridgway at the Tudor Summit

In this Supplementary episode Claire Ridgway talks about the Boleyn family at the Tudor Summit in March 2018. Claire Ridgway, creator of The Anne Boleyn Files, is a British writer and history researcher who spends every day researching Tudor history and writing about Anne Boleyn and the Tudors. She leaves…

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Tudor Minute April 20, 1534: Elizabeth Barton’s Execution

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for April 20. Today in 1534 Elizabeth Barton, the Holy Maid of Kent, was executed by hanging at Tyburn, along with her spiritual advisors and supporters. Barton was a normal girl who was a…

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Watching The Tudors: Season 2 Episode 8 – Lady in Waiting

Alice Perrers – the mistress of Edward III http://www.historyinanhour.com/2012/08/18/alice-perrers-royal-mistress-and-notorious-woman/ Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham Minicast I did on the Shrine a few years ago: https://soundcloud.com/heather-buettner-teysko/minicast-on-our-lady-of-walsingham Henry’s Jousting Accident https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-jousting-accident-that-turned-henry-viii-into-a-tyrant-1670421.html Timeline of the relationship with Jane Seymour http://www.totallytimelines.com/jane-seymour-1507-1537/

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Tudor Minute April 19, 1587: Drake’s Raid on Cadiz

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for April 19. Today in 1587 we have Drake’s Raid on Cadiz. For years Drake annoyed the King of Spain by attacking and pirating their ships coming back from the New World filled with…

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Tudor Minute April 18: Thomas Cromwell the Earl of Essex

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for April 18. Today was a day for Pyrrhic Victories in our Henrican court. Today in 1536 Henry VIII tricked the Imperial Ambassador, Eustace Chapuys, into recognizing Anne Boleyn as Queen. Chapuys had gone…

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Tudor Minute April 17, 1534: Thomas More was sent to the Tower

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for April 17. Today in 1534 Thomas More was sent to the Tower for his refusal to take the Oath of Succession saying that Henry’s marriage to Catherine was void, and his marriage to…

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Tudor Minute April 16, 1570: Guy Fawkes was baptized in York

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for April 16. Today in 1570 Guy Fawkes was baptized in York. Guy Fawkes is now remembered for his role in the Gunpowder Plot – it was Fawkes who was caught beneath the Parliament…

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This week in Tudor News: April 13 Edition

The news cycle is fast, and it’s hard to keep up with our favorite interests and topics! That’s why once a week I make up this post with the top stories that have caught my attention. 11 Famous Sibling Rivalries Throughout History Sisters Mary and Anne Boleyn duked it out…

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Episode 101: Tudor Times on Anne of Brittany

The new episode this week is on Anne of Brittany – thanks to Melita from Tudor Times for sharing her insights with us! Check out the Tudor Times feature on Anne of Brittany. http://tudortimes.co.uk/people/anne-of-brittany

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Tudor Minute April 13, 1534: Thomas More was summoned to appear at Lambeth

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for April 13. Today in 1534 Thomas More was summoned to appear at Lambeth to swear to the Act of Succession. The Act Respecting the Oath to the Succession was passed by the Parliament…

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Tudor Minute April 12, 1533: Anne Boleyn attends Easter Mass

Hey, this is Heather from the Renaissance English History Podcast, and this is your Tudor Minute for April 12. Today in 1533 Anne Boleyn attended an Easter Mass, her first public appearance as Queen, pregnant with Elizabeth. The Imperial Ambassador Eustace Chapuys wrote, “On Saturday, Easter Eve, dame Anne went…

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